Ian Hendon's charm offensive don't wash with me

So far this week we've had two players telling us how fantastic Leyton Orient are under Hendon and that we should be grateful for such a wonderful coach.

Jay Simpson - Link

Jobi McAnuff - Link

It's stomach churning and nauseating to read that both really like Mr Hendon's style of coaching and that we should back him. McAnuff's story is too peculiar this season regardless.

Plus we've also had Ian Hendon himself come out on the charm offensive professing his love for the club - Link

There are also fantastic articles floating around where Ian tries to get the fans on his side and pressure the chairman into more signings.

We have a two week gap now until the next game and I shall be speaking to the owner and trying to do something.

And..

Let’s fill the squad between now and the end of the season. Do I think I’ll get that backing? I hope so.

And..

Everyone says the squad is small, but that is not through a lack of trying. Now is the time to basically do that.

You'd be lucky to get a warm cup of tea from me Ian.

You're basically admitting that you've squandered money on the likes of Clohessy, Essam, Kpekawa, Shaw, Chicksen, M'Voto, Dunne, Payne, Palmer and Marquis. You don't deserve any more money for players.

Here's an idea for you. If you really are that good a coach and the players really enjoy training, how about training them to get the best out of them?

At the moment it seems like you've been salvaged by two signings that weren't your own in Simpson and McAnuff.

An open letter for the players:

Cisak, Baudry, M'Voto, Clohessy, Payne, James, Cox, Dunne, McAnuff, Moore, Pritchard & Simpson.

We know that you're all talented players for this level. We know that you've all played at least League One and we know that you've all excelled there. We don't need you to prove yourselves, we know you're capable. Our frustrations are not with you.

Shaw, Essam, Palmer, McCallum, Turgott, Kashket & Grainger.

We appreciate that you're younger players. Leyton Orient is a lovely place to play your football and not particularly demanding, in comparison to places like Portsmouth, Leeds, Millwall, etc. We're more than happy to give you time to adjust to playing in this league and gain some experience. Our frustrations are not with you either.

The buck ultimately stops with our Head Coach. Ian Hendon.

Who on more than one occasion has gone public to string you out to dry to save their own necks. Blame the defence, blame the attack, blame that nobody wants to come to League Two, blame the lacking of support from the chairman, blame individuals, blame collectively, blame the politics at the club.

The politics at our club? Name me a club that hasn't got politics going on. And if the politics are that bad, then tell us. We may have some sympathy for you. If not, shut up and stop moaning about it.

There's only one person at this club that needs to prove themselves and it's you Mr Hendon. Prove to us your contacts, your tactical nous, your coaching skills, your media savvy, your motivational skills...

Previously i'd blogged that you're indecisive nature means that you're always contradicting yourself and practically lying to cover lies. Everything that has come out this week just further enforces my view of that.

And to really put the boot in.. Liverani has a better record for Leyton Orient, he didn't love the club, couldn't speak English and had none of the players on his side. And in a hgiher division.

Ian Hendon, '..We're Bored..' & The Yeovil Debacle

What I've just witnessed at the O's this weekend wasn't acceptable. From what I've been reading, it doesn't appear to have been acceptable to the other 4,406 fans in attendance too. Even the forum keyboard warriors, Twitterati, idiotic Facebook groups and exiles around the World also seem united that it wasn't acceptable.

Yeovil started the weekend at the absolute bottom of the Football League, 92nd position without a win in 15 league games, came to Brisbane Road and outplayed us for long spells in the match that our own Head Coach (not Manager, we'll come to this later) deemed as a 'must-win'.

If it wasn't for the fact that McAnuff scored the best goal on the planet this weekend we'd have lost. Gone out with a whimper. No fight, controlled aggression, pressure. Nothing.

I'm glad for Jobi for three reasons:

• He's been treated appallingly by the club
• It was a sublime individual strike, that nobody else can claim credit for (like the management team)
• His mere presence on the pitch galvanised the rest of the players

Totally forgot about it but Yeovil should've had a penalty in the last few minutes to win it that could've done us all a favour.

Here's someone's view from the forum if you fancy reading a bit more about it..

Yet again Hendon fails to surprise us by yet again putting out negative starting elevens that in his own image look absolutely petrified of losing. Remember this is bottom of the table Yeovil we are talking about and yet staggeringly it still seemed to me that Payne and James were given instructions not to cross the half way line. The build up play in the first half was breathtakingly slow with sideways tip taps in our own half and NO penetration at all. Then finally high balls to young Kashket with his 6ft 4 marker behind him. Total shambles. What coaching is there ? 

Hendon stubbornly refuses to go 442 from the start because he's too scared. Invariably we revert to that after we have all suffered a heavy dose of Hendon's turgid boring negative nonsense that he dishes up. Again from the start there was no width. Hendon would argue that he played Turgott but why wasnt he hugging the touchline? The only thing he has is pace so why was this not used ? Why did he keep dropping inside ? Frankly he's not good enough and its blindingly obvious we need a right winger. As for McAnuff suffering the indignity of starting as a sub, this nonsense typifies Hendon's reign. Personally i don't care if he is leggy , he has class and we all know that he can produce. Turgott or McAnuff ? I know who would have my vote. Surely the first rule of management is that you cant afford to leave your best players out. Oh dear that wonder strike must have been a wee bit embarrassing for our leader.

Yes. It really was that bad. It was so bad, that the 3 media outlets (Guardian Orient, BBC, Archant Group) and official club press people on their Twitter feed couldn't agree on the formation or what was going on.

But an amazing thing happened in the 70th minute. People started waving their phones about and declaring in no uncertain terms, that they were bored. I've never witnessed anything like that at Brisbane Road before (maybe technology wouldn't have previously allowed it), nevertheless the message was loud and clear. To the tune of  'Sloop John B' the chant of 'We're ..... Bored' rang out. Hendon and Hessenthaler shrunk back to the dugout.

There was even a solitary light from a mobile phone in the Directors balcony, couldn't tell you who it was from the South Stand though.

I just think the message may have got through.

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Who's responsible for the transfers? #lofc

If rumours are to be believed we're going to sign Larnell Cole tomorrow.

Now before I carry on, I've got nothing against this fella at all and wouldn't know him if I walked past him in the street. I genuinely hope he turns out to be a massive success for us and goes on to captain England.

But what worries me is WHY we are signing him, and more importantly WHO is signing him?

So who is the lad and what does he do? Born in Manchester he was at United from 2009,  played his way through the youth setup and then followed Rene Meulensteen to Fulham at the start of 2014. Since then he's had three games at MK Dons on loan last season. All i can gather about the former child superstar is that he can play in central midfield, right-wing or right-back.

And at that point i'll stop and take some air in. Because now i'm confused.

Since Liverani has been here we've signed Josh Wright permanently and then bizarrely brought in John Lundstram on loan who seems to have replaced permanent signing Wright. They were brought in, we assume, to play alongside Romain Vincelot. We also have Marvin Bartley and Harry Lee on the books from the old regime. Pritchard is a central midfield work horse. 

Two weeks ago we brought in Ryan Hedges to play on the right-wing, and by all accounts he actually looks decent, but has been dropped in favour of an out-of-position Bradley Pritchard. We also have Shaun Batt, who by his own admission isn't injured and is a right-winger. And don't forget McAnuff if he ever gets himself fit enough.

About a week ago we added Neal Eardley to the squad, an out-and-out right-sided player who was playing in the Premiership for Blackpool at right-back a couple of seasons ago. He's also more than comfortable at wing-back or right-wing at this level of football. Eardley has since played once and was then dropped for Omozusi who he'd been brought in to replace the previous week. Prior to all that Scott Cuthbert played an entire season at right-back. Bradley Pritchard and Matt Baudry can also play at there.

So we're bringing in an inexperienced young player to play in positions that we already have covered by other loan players at the expense of leaving our own more experienced players out the team?

So who's responsible for this transfer?

I think we've all read the documents that allege Liverani, Milanese and Becchetti all sign their own friends or words to that effect.

Or maybe this signing has been arranged by our chief scout, Gianluca Romano.

Who is also an agent according to his Twitter Biography and the FIFA list of Italian agents.

Which according to the grapevine, being a Chief Scout and a Football Agent isn't good practice.